Delhi, July 29: Government has set up National Culture Fund (NCF) as a Trust on 28th November, 1996 under the Charitable Endowment Act, 1890 with a view to mobilize extra resources through Public Private Partnerships (PPP) towards promoting, protecting and preserving India’s tangible & intangible cultural heritage.
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Some major objectives of NCF include, to administer and apply the Fund for conservation, maintenance, promotion, protection, preservation and up-gradation of monuments protected or otherwise, to impart training and facilitate development of a cadre of specialists and cultural administrators,to facilitate in providing additional space in existing museums & construct new museums to accommodate or create new & special galleries and to promote documentation of cultural expressions and forms that have lost their relevance in contemporary scenario and are either fading out or facing extinction.
